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Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell

Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell is a reporting fellow for The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Daily Signal Podcast.”

Government
BREAKING: Trump signs executive orders cracking down on birth tourism

(The Daily Signal) – President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday aimed at limiting birthright citizenship, after the Supreme Court in June struck down his previous order… Read More

August 6, 2026
Government
Trump admin considering expanding AI framework to open models

(The Daily Signal) – Trump administration officials told members of the AI industry on Tuesday that expanding the artificial intelligence vetting framework to include open-weight models is under consideration,… Read More

August 6, 2026
Public Education
Education Department strikes regulations requiring racial quotas in school discipline

(The Daily Signal) – The Department of Education is rescinding several regulations that justified racial quotas in school discipline, the Daily Signal can first report. Disparate-impact is an… Read More

July 23, 2026
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Mehmet Oz
Government
Trump deals massive blow to Minnesota, California for alleged fraud

(The Daily Signal) – The Trump administration is pausing more than a billion dollars in Medicaid funding to California and Minnesota because of suspected fraud. “That includes more… Read More

July 22, 2026
Culture
Why you don’t have to be pro-life to oppose research on aborted fetal tissue, according to NIH director

(The Daily Signal) – While Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, calls himself pro-life, he said that is not a prerequisite for opposing research… Read More

July 20, 2026